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Summary: Liberal Hate Speech
Review: Typical left-wing ranting. Full of bull and short on substance. It just goes to show how intolerant the left is. Sadly the mind-numbed robots of Al Frankless are lapping this drivel up.
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Summary: A trip to Neverland
Review: Unbelievably wrong on nearly every point. A childish venting with no facts, proof, or reason. An attempt to spur urban legends.
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Summary: Ditto
Review: Uneven, hilarious, spot on. I finished reading LIES AND THE LYING LIARS in one day. No. I lied. I took three days. My 12 year old son is the litmus test of this book's accessibility, and I kept having to tear it away from him. "Dad, do people know how much these guys are lying?" I did have to admonish my son that unlike Franken, he could NOT challenge people who call him a sissy to a fist fight. Minor complaint: the chapter on chickenhawks in Viet Nam could have been left out (also could have been left out of Franken's deft dissection of Rush Limbaugh). Special kudos: The "Supply Side Jesus" cartoon was astonishingly tasteless and absolutely hilarious. God whispered to me that he really likes Al Franken. No he didn't.
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Summary: Let's see how this gets spun on Fox...
Review: Unfortunately, most of the people who need to read this book probably won't (or can't). Franken combines some laugh out loud humor with a ton of research that exposes just how much BULLS**T is spewed out of the Bush administration and the news media today, especially Fox News and it's pundits. I'd laugh, then I'd get angry, and then sad, all within the same chapter. Honest political discussion has all but disappeared. Franken tries to provide some honesty by taking the spin out of a number of issues with some well-researched facts wrapped in his own style of humor. Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, this is a must read.
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Summary: Why are they liars?
Review: Unforunately, Mr. Franken has fallen into the trap the he so artfully sets for those who disagree with his political philosophy. The lies he purports being sold are what those who disagree with him would call truths liberals and Democrats hate to admit. It is another example of how people have no concern for the common good, only that which is good for them. I consider myself objective, educated (an MD), and open to many different opinions, but have trouble with those who refuse to even consider a different opinion has merit. The so called lies and liars are people who are finally fed up with the likes of Mr. Franken, Michael Moore, etc, who still can't get over the fact that in increasing numbers, people find the views of those still hung in the late sixties mode and who have found themselves in the position of political leaders (whom they used to despise) as destructive, obstructive and over-the-hill. This is not to say that all conservatives are correct, but the worn out rhetoric that anyone other than the elite in entertainment have no intelligence or ability to form educated opinions that disagree with the liberal philosophy is now past its prime and generally disrespectful. These so called elite carry little in the way of experience to back up their flawed philosphy, it just sounds warm and fuzzy, but fails to address the issues the so-called liars at least have the courage to bring to the general debate, and not cloak in so-called objective reporting. In short, Mr. Franken shouldn't quit his day job.
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Summary: Another fictional account by Mr. Franken
Review: Unlike Amazon's reviewer's assessment that Mr. Franken "dissects factual inaccuracies", Mr. Franken seems to be on a planet of his own, making up his own fantasyland as he goes.
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Summary: AL GIVES RIGHT WING HAWKS A TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE
Review: Unlike his conservative counterparts, Al is funny. Not everything in this book is a cold hard fact. That's the way it's meant to be. What Franken does is prove that the right wing pundits are not nearly as"fear and balanced" as they claim to be. In fact, the Ann Coulter's of the world rarely every let facts get in the way of their arguments. Take this book for what it is, a liberal's rebuttal to the mud slinging campaign of the right.
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Summary: I actually read this book...
Review: unlike many of the people that have given it bad reviews consisting of nothing but name-calling. If they had bothered to give specific examples, I might believe that they were sincere, and not just submitting a one-star review to try to bring the average down. Well, it hasn't worked, the reviews are still overwhelmingly positive, and those of use who read it know why. Franken is hysterical! I didn't think he could outdo "Rush Limbaugh...", but this one is even funnier and more educational. This book should be required reading for folks before they are every allowed to read a conservative columnist or watch FOX News, because then people would take their "facts" with a healthy dose of skepticism. Alas, many of these folks are sheep who will follow wherever they are led and believe anything they are told (as long as it comes from a right-winger). I knew better before reading this book, but now I can give evidence to my conservative friends that they are being sold a bill of erroneous goods.
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Summary: Bush Administration Exposed
Review: Unlike many of the right wing partisians and authors, Al Franken does an excellent job providing both fact and fun as the Franken Team exposes the Bush Administration (and supporters) for their lies to the American People (as well as the world). I am a native of the South (South Carolina) and I loved the Bob Jones "University" (Bob Jones Standard Only) chapter. I only wish the Franken Team had spent more time exposing the "Christian Coalition" of the South for the racist and sexist practices. Hopefully that will be in the next book that will hopefully be published before the 2004 election. Having lived most of my life in the South (the first 30 years) it was interesting watching the Klu Klux Klan become a group of conservative christians represented first by the Reagan Administration (and look at Tom Delay today). Great Job and keep the facts coming as humorously as you can Team Franken!
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Summary: Thank the Lord for Al Franken
Review: Unlike Michael Moore, who uses many of the same low tactics, such as lying, as the conservative chorus of "pundits", Franken back up his claims with outright, undenyable facts. Of course you conservatives will hate him and call him a liar, but you believe Ann Coulter and her dishonest scheme of using endnotes to promote the illusion of integrity; you believe Hannity and Colmes truly represents both sides of a story equally; you believe and reiterate ad nauseum the lies Rush has told, which have been proven false (I could go on...). I don't believe anyone who sees this book as "full of lies" has actually bothered to read it. So, if you are NOT a whack-job conservative and want to see just how FNC etc... really are lying to thier audience, read this book and enlighten yourself. And have a few good laughs in the process as Franken is truly a funny guy, unlike Michael Moore, and certainly unlike Coulter, or any other conservative (although Neal Boortz tries to be, but the Clinton jokes are getting a bit stale). Thank the Lord we have an Al Fraken to somewhat lessen the impact of the outright dishonesty of most of the rest of the political commentators today.
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